Editing Anytus (section)

=== Relationship with Alcibiades ===
Anytus was reportedly a lover of the young [[Alcibiades]], former ward of [[Pericles]], profligate playboy, and (later) general at Athens. Both [[Plutarch]] and [[Athenaeus]] described an incident where Anytus was hosting a dinner party during which Alcibiades rudely commandeered half the gold and silver cups at the table and presented them as a gift to Thrasyllus, another of the evening’s guests who was quite poor. When their companions expressed indignation at Alcibiades’ effrontery, Anytus responded that his beloved had not been inconsiderate, but just the opposite, since he had the power to take everything and yet left half behind.<ref>Athenaeus, ''Dneipnosophists'', xii.47; Plutarch, ''Life of Alcibiades §''33.1. There are significant differences in the two reports, which suggests each had his own separate source for the incident.</ref>